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NYPD: Hatchet attack is terrorism

2014-10-25 01:44:15| Footwear - Topix.net

A broad-daylight hatchet assault on a group of New York police officers -- leaving one critically injured with a head wound -- was carried out by a self-radicalized convert to Islam in what officials Friday termed a terrorist attack. Officer Kenneth Healey, who remains in critical condition, and three of his on-duty colleagues were posing for a picture on the sidewalk Thursday afternoon when a hatchet-wielding man charged at them "unprovoked," according to Police Commissioner Bill Bratton.

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More and more, bystanders recording NYPD - including arrest of subway musician

2014-10-24 03:57:27| Railroads - Topix.net

More and more, when New York City police make an arrest in public, bystanders pull out their smart phones and begin recording. In the latest video sparking controversy over the NYPD 's aggressive approach to minor crimes, uniformed and plainclothes cops are shown arresting a guitar-strumming subway "busker" - or public entertainer who solicits donations - after he refused an order last weekend to stop playing and leave the station.

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Brooklyn DA Shifts Stance On Pot, But That Won't Impact NYPD

2014-07-12 23:19:08| Footwear - Topix.net

The borough's district attorney announced this week that he'll no longer prosecute most low-level marijuana possession cases.

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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton: MTA Should Install Cameras On New Subway Cars

2014-06-26 02:19:34| Railroads - Topix.net

With the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ordering up 1,000 new subway cars, NYPD Commissioner plans to speak to agency officials to try to convince them to equip each car with security cameras.

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